Jon Baldwin's Big Day At Chiefs Training Camp

July 29, 2012; St. Joseph, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jon Baldwin (89) and defensive back Eric Berry (29) fight for a pass during training camp at Missouri Western State University. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-US PRESSWIRE

Just wanted to quote myself from a few days ago:

Prediction: Baldwin has one of the best camps of any player on the team this year.

After four days, I could've made a worse guess. Baldwin's been having a very good start to KC Chiefs training camp by a lot of accounts. He looks like he's in shape, he plays his size (which is very large) in practice and in general seems to be on the right road. Things are looking up for him.

Pioli said in an interview with 810 WHB's Steven St. John yesterday that Baldwin has a "different level of comfort" in KC after some "background noise" last year.

"I don't know if he's a totally different guy. When we selected him last year there was some background noise and some situations he was in. We went after him and studied him thoroughly in the background.

"I think he has matured mentally, physically and emotionally. He's has a different level of comfort here. He's a player we felt confident not only when we took him but we feel confident now. One of the unfortunate things for the draft picks last year when we picked them, they showed up when we started in late July or August, we were up and running. There was no time to cultivate these players.

"As you said, he looks like a completely different person. He came in, he's in tremendous shape. He and Matt [Cassel] have spent a lot of time together and he has spent a lot of time preparing and training for this."

Baldwin backed up all that praise at Monday's practice. See below what people said about his day yesterday.

#Chiefs WR Jon Baldwin is having a monster practice, catching everything in sight.
— Randy Covitz (@randycovitz) July 30, 2012

Overall impressions. The running backs and @jon__baldwin we're the stars of the show today. #ChiefsCamp
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) July 31, 2012

The next litmus test for Jon Baldwin after stellar OTAs was to do it in pads. Entertaining fans at #ChiefsCamp today. Next step games...
— Josh Looney (@JoshLooney) July 30, 2012

Jon Baldwin with an AWESOME catch!
— Allen (@savagechiefs92) July 30, 2012

Cassel and Jon Baldwin really seem to be developing a connection. Another big play. Trained 2gether in offseason. Solid OTAs #ChiefsCamp
— Josh Looney (@JoshLooney) July 30, 2012

Big day for Baldwin/2 great catches on deep balls for TDs-flowers is all over place on d
— Mitch Holthus (@mitchholthus) July 31, 2012

Baldwin seems to be able to do what he wants today. This time he beats flowers #chiefs
— Bob Fescoe (@bobfescoe) July 30, 2012

Baldwin with another deep catch w/ Routt and Lewis in coverage. Shortly after Charles busts through a seam on a big gainer run play. #Chiefs
— Ross Martin (@PCBearcat) July 30, 2012

Another deep ball to Baldwin. Another solid throw by Cassel. Continuing offseason run #ChiefsCamp
— Josh Looney (@JoshLooney) July 30, 2012

@jon__baldwin had some really good catches. Adjustments to the ball. And got good releases off the line. He has brought it since May.
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) July 31, 2012

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